A fun little “prank” that my family
likes to do is one that has started very recently, in the past couple of years.
My dad is in the hotel business, and often times he will bring home free
knick-knacks that he gets when he goes to conferences around the country.
Sometimes we get lucky and actually get some pretty cool stuff, but most of the
time they are truly just knick-knacks…really cheep and rather cheesy stuff that
we usually end up just throwing away.
However, we do have one cheesy
knick-knack that we do find amusing; it is a small, maybe four-inch plastic
Travelocity gnome. This little guy
quickly became a funny topic of the night be got back, and we tossed it aside
not thinking much of it. Little did we know it would stick around…whether we
liked it or not!
I think it was my mom that started
this to keep us all on our toes. Sooner or later, the gnome started showing up
in the most random places all around the house. From the fridge to the blanket
closet, he was everywhere. It started a war that is still ongoing.
Whenever you spot the gnome around
the house, it is your responsibility to place him somewhere new. So, some day you will be walking around the
house, minding your own business and all of the sudden this gnome is right
there staring you in the face! I have found the gnome in various places: vases,
behind picture frames, among the foosball players, inside cabinets…you name it!
This is a fun little on going prank
that we do to each other to keep things interesting at my house, and it is
always fun when I am the one to find the gnome.
